Dresden invests 127 million: new vocational school for microelectronics!

Dresden invests 127 million: new vocational school for microelectronics!

A hot spot is currently opening up in the city of Dresden when it comes to training specialists in microelectronics. On Friday it was announced that a new microelectronics vocational school is planned in the Prohlis district for a whopping 127.5 million euros. These school buildings are intended to provide space for around 2,200 young people and thus respond to the ever-increasing demand in the chip industry. How oiger.de reports, the decision is a direct response to the growing need for microtechnologists and mechatronics engineers, especially with the establishment of various companies such as TSMC in the region.

Although the city was hoping for support from the Free State, it finds itself in the situation of not being able to raise sufficient funds of its own. The implementation is being carried out by the municipal subsidiary “Kommunale Immobilien Dresden” (Kid), which is intended to ensure that construction preparations are started immediately and that European funding can be secured. Financing will come from loans from KID KG, which will rent the school campus to the city after completion. The start of training is scheduled for the 2028/2029 school year – an ambitious goal!

A look into the future

The new vocational school will be built according to modern standards and as an almost climate-neutral building on Boxdorfer Straße. In addition, the Vocational School Center (BSZ) plays a key role in the training of skilled workers who are important for the national development of the chip industry. Loud dresden.de Both the Free State of Saxony and the state capital are prioritizing this project in order to significantly expand the educational infrastructure.

The increasing need for training means that additional capacities in the form of classrooms, specialist teaching rooms and general functional areas are required. The future-oriented “Excellence BSZ” should be highly popular not only locally, but also in the cross-border competition for trainees.

A training cluster in Radeberg

But that is by no means all that Saxony is planning for the microelectronics industry. On August 27, 2024, the Saxon cabinet gave its approval to a training cluster for microelectronics that is to be created in Radeberg. This is intended to create up to 1,000 training positions from the 2028/29 school year. smwa.sachsen.de highlights that the need for new training rooms, laboratories and a clean room to ensure the supply of skilled workers in the semiconductor industry is urgent.

Saxony is considered the most important location for the semiconductor industry in Europe, where every third chip in the EU is manufactured. Around 80,000 people are employed in the industry and this is forecast to increase to over 100,000 skilled workers by 2030. Cooperation between microelectronics companies and the regional economy is essential in order to advance the training offensive.

Economics Minister Martin Dulig emphasizes the positive effects of semiconductor development on the Dresden area and appeals to the attractiveness of the location in order to attract talented specialists to the industry. It remains to be said: A lot is happening in the microelectronics industry, and Saxony is really positioning itself in the game with the oversupply of training places!